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Origins
 Nordic Walking originated in Finland, where, in the 1930s, cross-country skiers began using adapted poles to maintain their whole-body fitness during summer training. In the 1980s, clinical studies correlated the use of trekking poles with fitness levels. Subsequent studies in the 1990s demonstrated that this simple, efficient exercise increased cardiovascular activity, significantly enhanced muscular and aerobic fitness and improved overall vitality.
As a defined fitness exercise with specific training equipment, it was launched in 1997.
Today, some 760,000 Finns regularly participate in this exercise and this trend has spread outside Scandinavia and Europe. With the promotion of the benefits achieved through correct use of the technique, interest is growing in other countries including Australia, USA, Japan, Iceland and Canada. It is estimated that about 7 million people now do Nordic Walking on a regular basis around the world.
In the UK with interest growing in Nordic Walking there are now more than 250 trained instructors.
Why is Nordic Walking better than just walking
Nordic Walking increases your heart rate, oxygen consumption and caloric expenditure without increasing your perceived rate of exertion.
You don’t feel as if you are working any harder, but, in addition to working your legs, you’re experiencing a full range of motion that uses the abdominals, arms, shoulders, upper chest and back muscles.
The poles provide stability and help reduce stress in the knees and other joints.
Bone density can be increased through this type of training and posture also improves through the use of the proper technique and arm motion.
Clinical and anecdotal reports indicate that this type of exercise may prove beneficial in broad range of conditions, including arthritis, back pain, heart syndromes, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, obesity, osteoporosis, RSI, thoracic outlet syndrome and depression.
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